Zunaid Ahmed Palak was detained on the Dhaka worldwide airport.
Bangladesh’s former Info and Know-how Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak was detained on the Dhaka Worldwide Airport right now whereas he was making an attempt to go away the nation. The navy, which has shaped an interim authorities within the violence-hit nation, detained the previous minister a day after the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Mr Ahmed was approached by airport officers whereas he was ready on the VIP lounge of the Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport, as per reviews. He was later detained by Air Power officers.
He was making an attempt to fly to India, the place Ms Hasina additionally fled to on Monday as protesters compelled their method into her palace, based on a number of reviews.
Bangladesh witnessed scenes of chaos and anger yesterday, its deadliest day since anti-government protests started in early July, with police reporting mobs launching revenge assaults on Sheikh Hasina’s allies.
Places of work of her social gathering Awam League throughout the nation had been torched and looted.
Protesters stormed parliament and burnt TV stations. Footage confirmed some smashing the statue of Ms Hasina’s father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the nation’s independence hero.
Sheikh Hasina landed at a navy airbase close to New Delhi on Monday night. As per sources, she needed to transit on to London. Nevertheless, there was no affirmation of the previous Prime Minister’s schedule or, about her location since then.
The UK authorities, in the meantime, has stated their immigration guidelines don’t permit people to journey to their nation to hunt asylum or non permanent refuge. “People searching for asylum should accomplish that within the first secure nation they attain,” the UK Residence Workplace instructed NDTV.
The unrest in Bangladesh started final month towards civil service job quotas. What began as protests later escalated into wider requires Sheikh Hasina to face down. She was made to resign by the navy that, as per sources, gave her a “45-minute ultimatum”.
The military chief met President Mohammed Shahabuddin late Monday, alongside key opposition leaders, with the president’s press group saying it had been “determined to kind an interim authorities instantly”.
Shahabuddin additionally ordered the discharge of prisoners from the protests, in addition to former prime minister and a bitter rival of Ms Hasina, Khaleda Zia.